According to PC analyst Tim Bajarin, the creation of AppZone is the "right move "and a winning proposition for BlueStacks, AMD and for the entire PC ecosystem.

"Everyone is eagerly anticipating Windows 8, but consumers want a broad selection of familiar apps now. AMD and BlueStacks have addressed that in a big way," he added.

Running Android apps on AMD x86 hardware certainly seems like a winning proposition, but it remains to be seen if the promise of the best of both worlds - Android and Windows 8 - will be enough to tempt consumers away from ARM-based tablets which will almost undoubtedly carry a lower price point than their x86 counterparts.